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Death - "The Philosopher" Guitar Tab

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Updated: 2005-04-07 15:30:57

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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#Unless specified otherwise, this is NOT an official tab from the band members.#
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CHUCK SCHULDINE
                              As recorded by Death
                (From the 1993 Album INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT PATTERNS)

Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Arranged by Chuck Schuldiner
Transcribed by Gael Pirlot (GaelPirlot@gmail.com)

This may be transcribed somewhere on the Internet (not on MetalTabs), but I
thought I would put up my version.
Please leave me feedback to let me know if it should be reworked (an e-mail
commenting on errors, etc. would also help).

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Lead'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Lead Harmony'

   Intro (0:00)
    Q=130
   4/4
    Gtrs I, II
            T              T                  T                T
||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||----9h12-16p12p9---9h12-16p12p9-|----11h14-19p14p11---11h14-17p14p11-|
||--9--------------9--------------|--9----------------9----------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||--9-----------------------------|-14---------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-7-----------------------------|-12---------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|


           T              T                T              T
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|----9h12-16p12p9---9h12-16p12p9-|---8h11-16p11p8---8h11-14-11-8---||
|--9--------------9--------------|-9--------------9----------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-12-----------------------------|-8-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-10-----------------------------|-6------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------||


   Verse (0:15)
                 5/4
                  PM----|  PM----------|
                                           8x
||--------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------|--------------------------||
||--4-----------|--------------------------||
||o-2--2--4--3--|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
||-----0--2--1--|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||


 Pre-Chorus (0:48)
 4/4
  Gtr I
     PM| ~  PM|             PM| ~        ~
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|-2------7------6-7--9-|-2------7--7p6-----|
|-0--0-0----0-0--------|-0--0-0--------7-9-|
|
| Gtr II
|    PM| ~  PM|             PM| ~        ~
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|---------------8-9-11-|-------------------|
|-2------7-------------|-2------7--7p6-----|
|-0--0-0----0-0--------|-0--0-0--------7-9-|


     PM| ~  PM--|  PM|      PM| ~  PM| ~
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-6------7--6-6-6--6-6-|-6------6--6-6----|
|-4--4-4----4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-4----4-4-3--|
|
|    PM| ~  PM--|  PM|      PM| ~  PM| ~
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-6------7--6-6-6--6-6-|-6------6--6-6----|
|-4--4-4----4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-4----4-4-3--|


  Gtrs I, II
     PM|  ~~~ PM--|  PM|      PM| ~  PM| ~
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|-6------[7]--6-6-6--6-6-|-6------6--6-6----|
|-4--4-4------4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-4----4-4-3--|


 Chorus (1:00)
                         ~
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|------/11----|-8-9-8-------|------/11----|-8-9-8---------|
|-2-----------|-------------|-2-----------|---------------|
|-2-----/9----|-6-7-6-------|-2-----/9----|-6-7-6----9-11-|
|-0-----------|----------7--|-0-----------|----------7--9-|


 Post-Chorus (1:08)
     PM|  ~~~ PM--|  PM|      PM| ~  PM|  ~~~
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|-6------[7]--6-6-6--6-6-|-6------6--6-6------|
|-4--4-4------4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-4----4-4-[3]--|


     PM| ~  PM--|  PM|      PM| ~  PM|  ~~~
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-6------7--6-6-6--6-6-|-6------6--6-6------|
|-4--4-4----4-4-4--4-4-|-4--4-4----4-4-[3]--|


 Guitar Solo (1:16)
  Q=105
 3/4
  PM--|   PM------|   PM--------|   PM------|   PM---
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------7-----------7-----|-------5-----------5-----|
|-------------------------|-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|-------------------------|


 -----|   PM------|   PM--------|   PM------|   PM|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------7-----------7-------|
|-------5-----------5-----|-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5---|
|-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|---------------------------|


  Gtrs I, II
   PM--|    PM------|      PM-----------|   PM------|   PM---
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------7--------------7-----|----------5-----------5-----|
|------------------------------|---3--3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|--5-5--5---5-5-5-5---5----5-5-|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-14---16-----------(16)-------|-(16)-----------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|


 ------|     PM-------|     PM---------|     PM------|   PM|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------7------------7--------|
|---------5--------------5------|--5-5--5----5-5-5-5-5---5-5----|
|--3-3--3----3-3--3-3--3----3-3-|-------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-14---16---16---16---17---17---|-17---17S==19------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  Gtrs I, II
   PM---|      PM---------|   ~~         PM---|      PM---------|   ~~
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------5-----------------7-------|-----------5-----------------7-------|
|-------------------------------------|--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3--3----------|
|--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5----------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|-------------------17----------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------15-17-18----18-17-15-------|----------15-------------------------|
|-14-16-17----------------------17-16-|-14-16-17----17-16-14----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------15-14-12-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------14-15-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
|----------------20-24-20-------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------22-24----------24-22-------|----------22-------------------------|
|-21-23-24----------------------24-23-|-21-23-24----24-23-21----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------22-21-19-------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------21-22-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


   PM---|       PM-------|    PM--------------------|       PM-------|   PM|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------7--------------7-----|
|-----------5--------------5-------------|--5-----5--5------5--5-5-5-5---5-5-|
|--3--3--3------3--3-3-3-3----3-----3----|-----------------------------------|
|
|           ~~~~~~~                                     ~~~~~~~
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-12-------------------------------------|-------15--------------------------|
|----15-14-14-(14)-----------14-14-15-15-|-17-17----15-14-(14)---------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|           ~~~~~~~                                     ~~~~~~~
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-------18--------------------------|
|----------------------------16-16-17-17-|-19-19----17-16-(16)---------------|
|-19-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----22-21-21-(21)-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


   PM--------|           PM-----------------------|     ~~~
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------5------------------------------------7----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----5-----5----------5----5-----5--------5----5----------------|
|
|-12h14h==15-12h14h==15-12h14h==15-15h17h19-15h17h==19-19p17p15-17-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


   PM-----------|           PM-------------------|     ~
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5--------------------------------7---------------|
|--3-------3-----3----------3----3-----3----3-----3--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-19h20p19p==17-15h17h==19p17p15---17h19h20p==19p17-15h==17h19p17p15---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


   PM--------|          PM-----------|   PM---
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------5------------------5-----|
|--3----3-----3---------3------3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|
|-17h19h==20-20pb22---(20)pb22---------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


 ---------|    PM------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------7------------------------5--4---|
|--5----5-5----5--5--5--5-----5-----------5-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
|  ~~~~~~                        ~~~~~~~
|-20b22r======20-19-17-17h19p17-------------|
|-------------------------------20-(20)-----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


 Bridge (1:45)
  Q=70
 7/8
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|-----------0---------------------------
|-------4-------------------------------
|--2----------------------------------3-
|-------------------------1-------------
|
|
|---------------------------------------
|-21b22r==(21)b22r(21)b22r==(21)b22r(21)
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------

 7/8
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
------------3-------------------0------------4-5-4---|
--------------------------6---------------2--------5-|
--------------------4-----------------0--------------|

                                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-----------------------------------------------------|
b22r(21)b22r==(21)-20-17-16----16--------------------|
----------------------------17----17-16-(16)---------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------0-------------------------|
|------4-------3-----0-----4-5-4---|
|---2--------3-----6-----2-------5-|
|----------1-----4-----0-----------|
|
|~~~~~~
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-(16)-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


                                                      1.
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||------0-------------------------|-----0--------------------------||
||----4-------3-----0-----4-5-4---|---4-------3-----0-----4-5-4----||
||o-2-------3-----6-----2-------5-|-2-------3-----6-----2-------5-o||
||--------1-----4-----0-----------|-------1-----4-----0------------||


 Verse (2:05) x 8

 Pre-Chorus (2:37)

 Chorus (2:50)

 Post-Chorus (2:58)

 Outro (3:06) - This part alternates between Steve DiGiorgio and Chuck.
	It fades out as Chuck picks up the speed on the second solo, which
	made it hard to figure out.

Backing guitar for Steve's solos:

 3/4               4/4
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|-7------|-8------|-(8)----|
|-5------|-6------|-(6)----|


First solo comes in on end of rhythm figure:

 3/4               4/4
  Gtrs I, II
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|-7------|-8------|-(8)------------|
|-5------|-6------|-(6)------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                              ~~~~
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------------|
|--------|--------|----------[13]--|

First solo:

 3/4
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----2----------------------------------|
|----0----------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------16-14-17----------------------|
|------------------17p16p14-17p16p14-17-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-([13])--------------------------------|


                                       4/4
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--3----------------------------------|-(3)---------------------------------|
|--1----------------------------------|-(1)---------------------------------|
|
|                 ~~~~~~~                          ~~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------17---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----16----14-(14)-15--------14h15---|
|-14-17-16-14----------------14----14h|=15--------------------17-16---------|
|-------------15-14-(14)--15----15----|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


 3/4                                        4/4
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|--2-------------------------|--3----------|--(3)----------------------|
|--0-------------------------|--1----------|--(1)----------------------|
|
|                          ~~         ~~~~~~~~~~~~             ~~
|-------------20----17-19----|-------------|------------17-19----------|
|-17-------19----19-------20-|-19----19----|-(19)----19-------20-19----|
|----16h17-------------------|----17-------|------------------------17-|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------|---------------------------|


Steve solo for another 6 measures

Solo 2:


 3/4                             4/4
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|--2------------|--3------------|-(3)----------------|
|--0------------|--1------------|-(1)----------------|
|
|           ~~              ~~                  ~~
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-17----17-20---|-17----17-19---|-17-----17-16-------|
|----16---------|----16---------|-----16-------17----|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|


 3/4
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---2---------------------------------------------------|
|---0---------------------------------------------------|
|
|   ~~~~
|----------------------------------------17-19-21-19-17-|
|----------------19-21-19-18----------------------------|
|-(17)--20-22-20-------------17h18h19p18----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|



|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--3----------------------------------------------------|
|--1----------------------------------------------------|
|
|
|-19-17----------------------------------15-17-19-17-15-|
|-------20----17h19----17h19----17h19-20----------------|
|----------20-------20-------20-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|

 4/4
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------------------|
|-(1)----------------------------------|
|
|           ~~          ~~          ~~
|--------------------------------------|
|-16h17p16-----------------------------|
|----------17-16-14-16-------------17--|
|----------------------17-14-16-17-----|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

Steve solo for another 6 measures

Solo 3:


 3/4
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--2-------------------------------------|
|--0-------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------|
|-15----(15)----(15)----(15)----(15)-----|
|-18b19r(18)b19r(18)b19r(18)b19r(18)b19--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


                                         4/4
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---3-----------------------------------|--(3)-----------------|
|---1-----------------------------------|--(1)-----------------|
|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-(15)--(15)----(15)----(15)----(15)----|-(15)----(15)-(15)----|
|-(18)--(18)b19r(18)b19r(18)b19r(18)b19r|=(18)b19r(18)-(18)----|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|


 3/4               4/4
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|--------|--------|--------|
|-2------|-3------|-(3)----|
|-0------|-1------|-(1)----|


 3/4               4/4
|--------|--------|--------*|
|--------|--------|--------*|
|--------|--------|--------*|
|--------|--------|--------*|
|-7------|-8------|-(8)----*|
|-5------|-6------|-(6)----*|


Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16),
where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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